Listing device for stock-quotation boards.



E. -H. BEIDEMAN.

LISTING DEVICE FOR STOCK QUOTATION BOARDS.

APPLICATION FILED Aue.17. 1916.

1,220,588. Patented Mar. 27, 1917.

NW U NP DH INVENTUFT'" WITNEESES.

ELMER H. IBEIDEMAN, OF'WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA.

LISTING DEVICE FOR STOCK-QUOTATION BOARDS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 2?, H917.

Application filed August 17, 1916. Serial No. 115,543.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELMER H. BEIDEMAN, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Wheeling, county of Ohio, and State of West Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Listing Devices for St0ck-Quotation Boards, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates broadly to stock quotation boards, and more particularly to that class of quotation boards employed in stock exchanges and broker-age offices.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive stock listing plate and mounting therefor designed for application to the usual form of stock quotation boards whereby the listings may be conveniently changed from time to time without defacement of the board, as when certain listed stocks become inactive and it is desired to remove the listing designation, or when. it is desired to substitute a new listing for an old one.

A further object is to provide a' device of the character mentioned which is readily applicable and removable, which may be shifted from one position to another on the board, and which does not mar the appearance of the board to which it is applied.

lVith these and other objects in view, the invention resides in the features of construction, arrangement of parts and combinations of elements which will hereinafter be fully described, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a plan view of a fragmentary portion of a stock quotation board embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of a listing plate mounted upon a supporting strip; and

Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the same.

Referring to said drawings, in which like designating characters distinguish like parts throughout the several views 1 indicates generally a stock quotation board having the usual ruled lines including the vertical lines 2 by which the main body of the board is divided into a series of parallel vertical quotation columns 8. Rigidly mounted upon the board at the top of the horizontal column or division in which the stock-designating listings are ordinarily painted is a horizontally disposed strip or molding d of wood, metal or other suitable material, preferably wood, which is designed to serve as a support for a plurality of metal plates 5 each of which bears upon its face the abbreviation or other listing designation of a stock which is dealt in and quoted upon the board.

The rear side of said strip 4: is constituted by two longitudinal planes of substantially equal width disposed at an angle of ap proximately 150 to each other, while the front face of said strip is of convex form in cross section, describing the arc of a circle having the apex of the angle as its center. Said strip is designed to be mounted on the board 1 with the lowermost of its plane surfaces in seated relation thereto, as shown in Fig. 3. In such position an open space 6 of triangular form intervenes between the upper plane surface and the board, said space being adapted for receiving therein the downturned lip or bill 7 of a horizontal hook-like rib or bead 8 formed in the upper edge of the plate 5 by pressing the metal forward in advance of the plane of the plate body for conformably engaging or embracing said strip while said body rests flat against the surface of the board, as shown in Fig. 3.

As is obvious, the plates 5 may be readily hooked over and removed from the supporting strip 4, or may be shifted laterally as desired. Said plates are made of such width that they may be positioned over the quotation columns 3 without overlapping, or concealing, the vertical division lines 2 by which said columns are formed.

What is claimed is 1. A stock listing device comprising, in combination with a horizontally disposed supporting strip or molding, a plate bearing a stock designation and having a hook-like bead formed in its upper edge adapted to conformably and detachably engage said strip, said head being pressed forward in advance of the plane of the body of the plate so that the latter rests closely against the surface which carries said strip.

2. A stock-listing device comprising a supporting strip or molding adapted for mounting upon a stock-quotation board at the head of the vertical quotation columns, and a stock-listing plate of sheet-metal adapted to be removably mounted upon said strip and having a width less than that of the board, said plate having a stripengaging hook at its upper edge formed by pressing the metal of its upper marginal edge forward in advance of its body so that the latter rests closely against the surface which carries said strip.

8. A stock-listing device comprising a supporting strip or molding having a con- VGX front face and having its rear side constituted by two longitudinal plane surfaces disposed at an obtuse angle to each other, said strip being adapted for mounting upon a stock-quotation board with the lower of said plane surfaces seated against said board, and a stock-listing plate reinovably and slidably mounted on said strip, said plate having a hook-like forwardly projecting bead formed in its upper edge for conforinably engaging said strip while its body rests closely against the board.

In testimony whereof, I affix Iny signature in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ELMER I-I. BEIDEMAN.

Witnesses H. E. DUNLOP, V. F. KEEEER.

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